English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Ablington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bibury

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Eadbaldingtun(e) 855,899(11th) BCS487,580
  • Abelinton, Abelyn(g)ton 1207 FF 1208 Abbr 1248,1287 Ass 1349 Ipm
  • Ablinton(a), Ablynton(a) 13 Oseney 1209 Fees 1210 FF 1215 ClR 1221 Eyre 1263–84 Glouc 1501 FF
  • Ablyngton, Ablington 1286 FA 1322 Pat 1601 Comm

Etymology

'Farmstead associated with Ēadbald', v. ing 4 , tūn . The pers.n. is the common OE  Ēadbald .